Wonder Woman reveals a shocking love story about her infamous arch-nemesis

Wonder Woman’s recent fight for her life has revealed the depth of her love for one of her oldest and most famous enemies.

Wonder Woman #10 finds the titular heroine after she has been dropped off in the wilderness of a small, isolated island in the middle of the ocean. Of course, Wonder Woman’s enemies have not left her entirely to herself, but have isolated her with none other than the cheetah, who they had hoped would tear the Amazon to pieces. While a fierce battle does indeed ensue, nearly costing Wonder Woman her life, it is followed by a rare moment of tenderness and compassion, in which both hero and villain discover the previously unspoken love they feel for each other.

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Wonder Woman #10

• Written by TOM KING
• Image by DANIEL SAMPERE
• Colors by TOMEU MOREY
• Letters from CLAYTON COWLES
• Main cover artwork by DANIEL SAMPERE & TOMEU MOREY
• Variant cover by JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO, JEFF SPOKES, DAN PANOSIAN and PHIL JIMENEZ & ARIF PRIANTO

The current Cheetah, Barbara Ann Minerva, is the latest in a long line of characters who have taken up the mantle to do battle with Wonder Woman. The first, Priscilla Rich, was introduced back in 1943. Wonder Woman #6 in the story “Wonder Woman and the Cheetah” by William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peter. While Priscilla and her successor Deborah Domaine relied on their cheetah costumes and various other accoutrements to enhance themselves, Barbara is instead empowered by the ancient god Urzkartaga.

Over the past year, Wonder Woman has been subjected to all manner of trials, tests and torments at the hands of the Sovereign, the secret king of the United States who abhors everything Diana stands for. Leading the attack against Wonder Woman was none other than Sarge Steel, a former private investigator turned anti-hero who first appeared in the 1964 story “File 101: The Case of the Pearls of Death” (by Joe Gill and Dick Giordano, from the pages of Sarge Steel #1). In recent years, Steel has taken on the role of an Amanda Waller-type villain who enjoys waging war against superheroes with the support of the U.S. government.

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Before being forced to face the Cheetah, Wonder Woman was locked in a cell for months without food, water, or any sign of the outside world. This caused her to experience vivid hallucinations of Steve Trevor, to whom she confided that she had officially reached the point of absolute despair. Although Diana knew from the beginning that the time she spent with this version of Trevor was not real, it still provided her with the catharsis she needed to continue to persevere against the Sovereign and his plans.

Wonder Woman #10 is now available from DC Comics.

Source: DC Comics

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman is one of the most popular and iconic DC Superheroes of all time and has been a symbol of truth, justice and equality for people around the world for nearly eighty years.

writer

Greg Rucka, William Moulton Marston, Joye Hummel, Robert Kanigher, Dennis O’Neil

Pencil artist

Harry G. Peter, Ross Andru, Mike Sekowsky, Don Heck, Ric Estrada, Curt Swan, Irv Novick, John Rosenberger, José Delbo, Gene Colan,

Ink pen

Mike Esposito, Dick Giordano, Vince Colletta, Joe Giella, Bruce Patterson, Romeo Tanghal, P. Craig Russell, Ray Snyder, Bob McLeod, Rachel Dodson, Matt Ryan, Wayne Faucher, Scott Hanna

Colorist

Laura Martin, Romulo Fajardo Jr.

Type designer

Jodi Wynne

editor

DC Comics

Publisher)

Direct current

main characters

Wonder Woman, Hercules

Artist

Liam Sharp, Nicola Scott

Summary

Themyscira, the island paradise she left behind to defend the Earth from the war god Ares, has disappeared, and with it the magical power of her Lasso of Truth. In a sprawling saga that connects her first year as a heroine with the present, the Amazon princess must team up with her greatest enemy – the brutal beast woman Cheetah – to find her lost home and discover the truth about her origins.

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